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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Jiu, Morton Grove, IL (US);
William J Marsheck, Harbor Beach, MI (US);
Assignee:
G. D. Searle & Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
195 / ;
Abstract
The present invention is concerned with the preparation of 3-oxo-pregna-4,17(20)-dien-21-carboxylic acid and esters thereof by the microbial degradation of fucosterol, cholesterol, stigmasterol, campesterol or sitosterol with Mycobacterium sp. NRRL B-8054. The compounds of the present invention are useful antispasmodic agents and are also active against influenza virus.